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Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy(p/n OBHD9-SATA-SATA-B) Black, 9.5mm

$21.98

Add a Second Hard Drive to your laptop using your laptop's optical drive bay. This is a great solution for those that want to add a second hard drive in their laptop in lieu of a SATA Optical drive. This device/caddy will fit in a "standard 9.5mm-high" SATA CD/DVD/Optical drive bay found in laptop computers. Please note that this will fit in notebooks with a SATA Optical Drive Bay. Most laptops today have a PATA Optical drive bay (despite having a SATA Primary Hard Drive). Please see photos below comparing the external interfaces of the OBHD.

The type of hard drive in the caddy is independent of the external interface of the caddy.